Our group uses a multi-disciplinary approach including techniques from Biochemistry, Structural Biology, Physical Chemistry and Computational simulations to conduct research on photosynthetic proteins.
If you are interested to join our group as a Postdoc please reach out to one of the principal investigators to discuss possible funding.
Undergraduates, interns and graduate students who are interested in any of the research areas provided in our group are highly encouraged to apply for positions.
Interested high school students who are interested in internships at Berkeley Lab can enter the EinR programs.
Some on-going research projects can be found here.
Biochemistry and wet lab duties
Biochemistry and wet lab duties
Highly purified protein solutions and crystals are required to obtain highly resolved structure data. For this reason, one of the main web lab duties is to enhance the protein crystal quality continuously. The optimization is based on the steps of cell cultivation, membrane extraction, solubilization, purification, crystallization and postcrystallization. In our lab, we provide students great opportunities to learn of how to generate protein crystals starting from cell cultures until the final steps.
Structural Biology and computational simulations
Structural Biology and computational simulations
Dry lab duties offer a possibility to process and analyze the crystallographic data after collecting datasets either at synchrotron light sources or at XFELs. Students are involved in data processing, refinements and model building.
Sample delivery systems
Sample delivery systems
Not only the protein sample itself can impact the data quality greatly but also the experimental setup used plays an important role in maintaining data quality. The drop-on-tape setup is a crucial technique to deliver samples. Along with our sample delivery team, students can gain detailed insights into how the complex setup works.
Physical Chemistry and Spectroscopy
Physical Chemistry and Spectroscopy
Furthermore, the possibility to gain knowledge in spectroscopy is also given in our lab. Here, we characterize the dynamics of the protein active center through spectroscopic methods such as EPR, X-ray absorption and emission spectroscopy.
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